'weight basis.
The gross beta activity of the samples on a wet and dry weight basis
|is given in Table 4.
There is
‘ | gross
beta
Factivity due
a linear
activity
to
relationship
between
(Tables 2 and 3).
strontium-90
The
strontium-90
activity and
percentage of
gross
beta
at Kabelle, Eniaetok and Rongelap Islands
on a non-fat solid dry weight basis and based
upon the
average values at
' each island are 32, 35, and 31 percent respectively.
The strontium units for the liver of coconut crab of earlier collec| tions from Rongelap have been reported previously (4,5, 8).
‘ the strontium units for the March 1958
collection, Table 5
has
To report
been
in-
' cluded.
As a result of these studies, radiochemical analyses of the liver of
I coconut crab should be made on the basis of non-fat solids rather
the entire liver as has been done in the past.
than